I finally got my first torrent to work via KDE's KGet, instead of
GNOME's version of it. My problem with uploading a torrent file is my
upload speed is only about 120 KB/s, instead of the 1 MB/s I am told I
should get with my account. My download speeds are over 10 MB/s easily
though.
So when I need to deal with email or other package that needs to upload
packets, I cannot be using Torrent, FTP, or any other package that needs
any uploading to do its work, including packet verification processes or
commands telling servers that the packets arrived properly.
So when I have to deal with a torrent download, I MUST set my uploading
speed to the bare minimal amount to allow the process to be done. So
for me to share a large file from my computer is not an option.
Yes, the downloading via torrents work great for a stop and start
process, such as a dialup user using his/her connection at night to
download the file and then shut it down till the next night of downloads.
On 01/28/2012 07:52 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Brilliant :) Figuring torrents out is a bit tricky first time but it seems to be a better way to download stuff.
The first few paragraphs on this wiki are pretty good despite the tag warning about it
being "too technical"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)
Note that when you download this way you also upload the file at the same time. You might want to poke around in the settings of the torrent-client and throttle that back a bit. It's usually polite to let it upload the file twice but it's not vital.
Hefty downloads are easier because you can take long breaks between downloading chunks. It could be months and many reboots before continuing if you want. Also it is not quite so important to check the integrity of the completed download because torrenting has various checks built-in.
Now you have the torrent-client you can just double-click on the *.torrent files you download to start them up.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 28/1/12, Robert Peirce<b...@peirce-family.com> wrote:
From: Robert Peirce<b...@peirce-family.com>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Downloading 3.4.5
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 28 January, 2012, 23:09
In article<bob-d2b5dd.17572628012...@news.gmane.org>,
Robert Peirce<b...@peirce-family.com> wrote:
I tried Safari again and then I tried Firefox. Neither was going
anywhere fast, so I selected the Download using BitTorrent option. It
downloaded a file named LibO_3.4.5_MacOS_x86_install_en-US.dmg.torrent
but it in't executable and I don't know what to do with it. The
activity monitor doesn't indicate it is doing anything. Does it need to
be started in some way?
I see I need the bittorrent app to make this work. I downloaded,
installed and started it up. I dragged the above file in and it is now
downloading. Thanks, everybody.
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